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Capital JtJournal
Salem, Oregon
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sketch your world exactly as it goes. bjtron.
Lady Governors
Texans seem pretty well disgusted with the administra
tion of "Ijila" Ferguson as governor and impeachment pro
ceedings loom. Of course "Ma" is governor only in name, her
husband, former governor "Jim" Ferguson, impeached for
corruption in office ,is the real executive, so that scandal was
nniw n mattpr of time. However "1'la" made no pretenses,
openly ran to exonerate her husband, was elected as a rebuke
to the Ku Klux Klan, and Texans should be obliged to suffer
the penalty for their sentimental folly.
The governor's husband has been accused of taking
money for pardons of which his wife has granted over a
thousand. He has sat with the highway commission, which
is charged with letting fraudulent contracts, two members
of which have resigned following tne state a recovery,
through the attorney general of ?600,000 from one contrac
tor. He has exhibited his old enmity toward the University
of Texas by having "Ma" veto its appropriations. He is ac
cused bv Colliers Weekly with collecting money for inter
views with Mrs. Ferguson and other petty corruption and a
legislative investigation has become imperative.
But if "Ma" Ferguson has failed to maintain the honor
and dignity of the governorship, the same charges cannot be
made against Nellie Taylor Ross, governor of Wyoming, who
was elected at the same time, for Governor Ross has made
good, her administration is free from scandal and unusually
efficient. She succeeded her husband who died in office and
has devoted herself to carrying out his ideals.
Mrs. Ross initiated her administration by calling on the
legislature for a county budget system to compel economy
in local government. She won a fight to have the state keep
control of the banking system and appointed the most effi
cient state examiner she could find a member of the oppos
ing political party. She removed and prosecuted corrupt
county commissioners, members ot her own party. She oust
ed two sheriffs for corruption in connection with prohibition
cniorcement, alter presiding at a public hearing.
Governor Ross has forced a reassessment for tax pur
poses of the big oil companies adding $6,000,000 to the tax
able property of the state. She headed a delegation from
the upper basin states who went to Washington to fight
against a water power grab by Arizona interests and is now
icauuiB a Aiyiit tu uiuLjt uie inujwseu increase in iruigric rates
ior western roaus.
After all, the kind of a governor the lady makes, depends
principally upon the lady.
Half a Million Shy
According to the summary prepared by the state tax
vw...,,,.., mi; OLUbc; lA iU, XOtUM Will UtJ tD J.AU.100 111 CAUeStt
nf thi.f ryf lOQIX .,H.. ..i- C 1. J.
the state levy from the bonus fund $542,268. The total state
t?.v iifill kn T OHO QQA C ...L.'U er onn i ,
i if i uuiudu, uj. wtiiuit t?u,j.u,o:j represents special
tax levies made mandatory by law and $2,038,431 comes
within the six percent limitation and was levied by the com
mission. The state deficit, between estimated receipts and
auuiuri.eu expenditures win be $4HU,8U3.
Thia ftofixif io tlm fi-nif nf n r; iuj i
.v vill, wr iumui-iiii; iiiuiiiuus employ
ed by Governor Pierce in fixing the levy for 1925 far under
SlPlllIll rflnnivnmniifn in l . 1 .1 1. -
. M1...v..,,t,,l,0 , ullu;l lu manS jjoou nis promises 01
reducing taxation on real property. To cover the threatened
ileticiency, the legislature was forced to resort to special
taxation, such as the tobacco, motor stage and truck, etc.,
which were held up by referendum after the governor had
vetoed the measure calling for a special referendum election.
Ine six percent limitation prevents increasing the levy to
cover the resulting deficiency.
The only reason the deficit is not larger is because of the
increase in state revenues from fees etc., due to the growth
.and exnansinn nf Mm ainin m ff,. l " ...
- . -w..v. w "vn io uiJimieui, anywnere
to curtail expenditures so the state can live within its reve
ille line tumrciry, expenses are increasing all along
If a private business was operated along lines that the
state is being operated under the Grand Lecturer, with an
nual expenses nearly half a million dollars above earnings
how long would it last? "bi
Loves Greatest Gift
By VIOLET DARE
THE WAYS OL' A MAY
Mary wn8 not n tt(o tll!fltur,0t,
by Celia's com men La on Stanley
Utnlco. "But then, what's a wffo
uonvcen nicnila? That man's goln,
to havo a. lot of monov aomrt dnv
Was Olla the kind of l who J
bu uiouiiu with marrletl men, with
out their wives? Nvitlentlv h WHH
Mnry didn't like that Tho glrln
she'd been brought U with nevor
uiu u. .once n tnnn v,w married
ho belonged to hU wife. Why, Co
lla didn't even know Mie. Ulake!
v-eiia wasn t turning out nt oil
tho way Mary had exnecteri Hpp tn
"Of comae, I dndn't roally know
her nt nil when wo decided to live
lORotner," Mary reminded herself
"Wo woro absolutely MrnnKera,
only I liked hor bo wolt. nnd It
eicined ns if we'd bo so congen
ial
She still liked Celia for that mat
ter. Colla warn usunlly bright nnd
cheerful, she took ft frontline in
terest in helping Mnry to dress
more becomingly, nnd do her ball
moro fashionably; they hnd a lot
of fun over their housekeeping1.
But Celia waa doceltftil In liitle
things. Shed say sbo had ducted
the living-room whll Mnry did dish
bb, for Instance, nnd then Mary
would Hit a newspaper and find
the tnblo" beneath It covered with
dust. She'd say sho had driod the
dlshos, when It wm her turn to
clean upnfter dinner, and Mary
would find that sho had put them
nwny wet. counting on their being
dry by morning. Mnry had heard
her declare to Mis. Lindsay, their
landlady, that she had scrubbed
' the bathtub nfter her morning
bath, when Mnry knew she hadn't.
And sho had a nasty temper, that
flared up over little t)!nga nnd
m.ido hor say ugly things. She'd
mnko up beautifully afterward, of
course, nnd Mary told herself that
Celia really didn't moan to be dis
agreeable, but sometimes It was
11a id not to feel hurt.
Sho saw little of Stanley Blake
during tho next few days; one day
ho merely 'phoned, and did not
come ln(o tho office at nil Karlv
that nftornoou his wife called the
office and asked for him,
"Uo Isn't In," Mary replied.
oui aro you sure? I know
that he expected to be at the of
flco at two o'olock."
"He Isn't here," Mary told her
again, speaking as politely as she
could. "Shall I ask him to call you
If he does como in? He 'phonod
that ho wouldn't bo horo today."
Sho could not realize that a wo
man who Is kept at home hatos
to reel that some other woman
knows more nbout her husband's
affairs and whereabouts than sho
does herself. Mrs. Illake's voice
vvns like a sharp-edged knife when
sho spoke again.
'Tin sure he Is coming in; ho
(oia me mat he would," she Insist
od. "Tell him that I callod and
want him to call me."
She hung up the receiver then,
and Mnry went back to her desk
wondering if sho had made a mis
take in telling Mrs. ninko that her
husbnnd hnd said he would not
como in. It hardly scorned Hint he
wouldn't want her to knew what ho
was doing that day she tried to
concentrate on her work, but her
thoughts kept going back to the
lilnke's. Mrs. Jtlake's voice had
mounded vexed, almost angry.
make came In tho next day, nnd
brought up the subject at once.
"My wife telephoned you yes
terday, she said, and you told her
I'd 'phoned that I wouldn't be In.
Well" he heaituted a moment,
walked across the small office and
back again, "Well, don't ever tell
her things like that. You see, she's
a woman who knows nothing about
bnsfnesif, she doesn t realize that
sometimes a man has to change
his plans during the day, and
well, I can't go into the whole mat-
tor, but after this just say that
you'll give me her messuge when
I come in. Understand!"
Mary nodded, and went on with
her work, resolved never to make
a mistake of that kind again.
Mrs. Blake called up fairly fre
quently in the days that followed
and Mary, whon she had to answer
the 'phono, said as little as possi
ble. Mrs. Uluke frequently asked if
Mr. ttluko had como in yet, If ho
is expected soon, what timo he had
come in, and Mary found herself
forced to fib about him. She hated
doing It, but he had told Jicr that
It was business to do so, nnd when
she told him what she had done,
he always thanked her and said
that she was a great help to him.
"You see, she juat doesn't under
stand," ho told her; onco he added,
In a burst of confidence, "she has
some money Invested In my busi
ness, quite a lot, in fact, and she
feels that sho ought to know every
thing that goes on. She doesn't
realize that I can leave everything
here in the offico to you, and spend
my time nt tho laboratory, where
I ra needed."
Mary wished that she could talk
things over with Cetla, but' knew
that Celia wasn't the sort of person
to talk freely "with. She did, on one
occasion, tell about tho fibs she had
to tell to Mrs. Blake and say that
she hated doing It, and Celia had
just laughed, a funny little laugh
that made Mnry feel uncomfort
able.
'What she doesn't know won't
hurt her," she said. "She must
bo a regular Paul Pry."
Colla was going out quite a bit
these days and Mary often had din
ner at homo alone. Sho had her
Cousin Lulu up one evening, but
THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1925
Lulu, though she thought it mast
be great to do as you likod and not
have to live with older people' and
have them always fussing at you,
was rather scornful about the' way
Ma'ry lived. - '" !
"Don't you ever have more than
this for dinner?" she demanded,
Mary, who had made a special ef
fort, smiled ruefully. "Creamed
chipped beef and salad and dessert
we always have more than that
at home."
"I know it," replied MaryH
She was tempted to add that at
home dinner was always a heavy
meal, where everyone ate too much
that sho herself had found that
eating smaller dinners made her
feel better and improved her com
plexion. But she realized that Lulu
would think her silly.
"X guess you're dieting," re
marked Lulu, leaning back In the
big chair anfl watching Mury clear
awny tne atone.
Celia came in Just then, was in
troduced to Lulu, and went on into
the bedroom.
Tomorrow A Mj'btory.
Bramwell Charges
ToBeTriedUnder(3ath
By Board Thursday
A conference between tho state
banking board and representatives
of the Portland National bank at
which grievances of the bank
against State Bank Superintendent
Frank C. Bramwell wore presented,
was thrown into a white heat be
fore adjournment yesterday after
noon, that Bramwell be removed
from office.
This camo when WIU S. Haines,
president of the Portland National
bank, averred that "you can't have
clean banking In Oregon with a
corrupt stato banking department"
and that the board was "prejudic
ed" In Bramwell's favor. Stato
Treasurer Kay interpreted Haines'
remarks to mean "that the board
is prejudiced and that Bramwell
is a scoundrel."
Remarks Fiery
So direct and filery did Haines'
remarks become in the course of a
speech to the board that Governor
Pierce Interrupted him, raised hlB
hand and attempted to put Haines
under oath. Haines raised his hand,
hut in the midst of the governor's
reading the oath, turned to J. N.
Hart, his attorney, and asked
whether he should go under oath.
Ho then refused to bo sworn.
"Why should I be sworn when
no one else has been?" he wanted
to know, j
"Because you are making a lot
of d radical statements, and we
want to see if you can prove them"
answered State Troaaurer Kay.
The upshot of the session was
that the board set Thursday, Dec.
17, for a further hearing, at which
all statement ,wlll be under oath,
both sides to summon any witnes
ses they choose, and Mr. Bram
well to be on trial with his official
position at Atake.
Charge Misconduct
Yesterday afternoon, prior to
Bramwell's making a defense state
ment, the bank representatives con
tlnucd their charges of the fore
noon that he had been arbitrary,
unjust and guilty of misconduct in
rolation to their bank. The bank
representatives endeavored to In
troduce Guernsey Slocum, who
noma time ago wua refused by
Bramwell when he applied for a
charter to start a new bank In
Portlund, but Slocum refused to
talk In the presence of newspaper
men and was heard In a closed
session after the open conference.
Bramwell, at the beginning of
his statement, brushed nslde as a
closed incident . all relations be
tween himself and the bank prior
to the bank's change In July, 1924,
from the Broadway bank to the
Portland National Bank, and In
this he had the tacit consent of the
bank representatives. He explained
that ho had recognized the former
Broadway bank as a reserve de
pository. Bra unveil 'g defense
From that point ou the hearing
did not so much concern Bram
well's refusal to grant a reserve
charter fo tho Portland National
as it did an episode concerning an
unlndentifled western Oregon bank
around which the question of
whether Bramwell shall remain In
office now centers. Brumwell
did say, however, that the Portland
bank had failed to meet legal re
quirements In the matter of supply
ing the state department with state
ments when asked to do so. He .
gave certain dates. On one or two1
of these dates the bank people !
claimed to have .made the state-:
ments.
AH matter read and statements
made about the unidentified bank;
omitted the name, so that it did
not get into the record. This bank,;
according to Bramwell, was on the
verge of collapse. Ho wrote a let
ter to the directors in which he
proposed, in lieu of a 100 per cent
assessment on the stockholders,
that the stock be deposited with
himself In escrow and that an em-;
ploy of the sj.ate department take
chargo of tho bank for 12 months
with an option of buying It during
that period at a price fixed by
Bramwell. This letter, tho bank
representatives inferred, indicated
possible corrupt Ion.
"I am willing to stand up and
fitrht ii i) v miiti in dofoiufe of that
letter," shouted Bramwell at J. N.
board of directors themselves ask
ed us to put a man In the bank.
That letter was written nfter a con
ference with the president of the
bank and at his request The letter
never was anything but a proposal
and they didn't have tn accept it If
they didn't want to. They could
have accepted the 100 per cent as
sessment. However, we subsequent
ly agreed on another plan, and I
am glad we did for I needed mi
man In my department. It was nec
essary that something 'bo dono at
that bank. If you call that letter
arbitrary I wunt to say that we
would even protect the dopostlors
They ore our first consideration.
The stockholders are not entitled to
any consideration until the de
positors are taken cafe of." .
Bramwell asked Hart if he knew
thu condition of the bank in ques
tion. "I think it Is in good condition
and that the examiner was in er
ror," answered Hart.
After Four Years
Bramwell said the letter had
been written after long considera
tion and that his department had
been watching tho bank for four
years.
To show that he had no 111 feel
ing toward tho Portland National
bank, Bramwell said that when It
was about to become a national
bank the comptroller of the cur
rency wrote his advloe about It and
he replied with a favorable lotter.'
Ilo said that If the bank would
comply with the law in all respects
and furnish a statement from tho
comptroller Indicating good con
dition he would willingly grant au
thority to bo a reserve depository
for state banks.
Society
t Con tin ii'n from Ptro five.l
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Aleck Munson, Mrs. W. F. Starr,
Mro. Charles Thomas, Mrs. T. Ol
son, Mra. A. E. Hedlne, Mrs. Wal
ter Fisher, Mary Jean Davis and
the hostttw, Mra. W. F. Starr.
A Christmas party will be glvou
by members of the Salem business
and professional women's club at
the chamber of commerce on Wed
nesday evening beginning at
eight o'clock.
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